Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Top 10 Greatest Inventions Ever Made

Original source : http://www.smashinglists.com

Posted : October 2012

Author : the admin

Even though the human species is not alone in regards to
using tools, we have definitely gone above and beyond in the technological
aspect of our race. The use of our inventions has taken us a long way. They’ve
allowed us to land on the moon, travel over oceans, and even eliminate major
health threats with various medicines. Below, we are going to talk about the
top 10 greatest inventions ever made.

10. Alcohol

Although most people probably don’t know this, we have been
brewing alcohol for the past 12,000 years or so. It shouldn’t come to you as a
surprise that we’ve mastered the process and now alcohol is used in every
country in the world for all kinds of purposes. Besides drinking, alcohol can
be used to kill microorganisms (which is what it was originally designed for).
Needless to say, it has come a long time since its conception and the uses for
alcohol are increasing each day.

9. The Internet

The web has only been around for a relatively short period
of time but this doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hold significance in our society.
The Internet originally began as various communication networks that developed
in the 1970’s and quickly rose in popularity since then. The web has allowed
information to be accessed quickly and effectively, from any part of the world.
It has revolutionized the world and will forever hold a part in our society.

8. Birth Control

Although there are several different methods for prevent
child birth, this method has been one of the most reliable techniques. What a
lot of people don’t know is that various birth control techniques have been
around for about a century with the more popular methods beginning about a decade
ago.

7. Antibiotics

Antibiotics really began to take off in the 1870’s when
science really began to dabble in it. Ever since that point, we have developed
cures to diseases and create antibiotics that have kept people safe from
infections that otherwise would have killed them. The benefit for this
invention is simple: it has allowed a greater number of people to live for a
longer period of time. With antibiotics, we have greatly reduced the chances of
dying from an illness and the best part is that technology is only getting
better every day.

6. Anesthetic

We don’t know about you, but not a lot of people would have
the mental tolerance to go through a surgery without anesthetic. Anesthetics
allows doctors and surgeons to perform surgeries without the patient feeling
any of the horrific pain that otherwise would be felt without the medicine.
Nowadays, anesthetics have been replaced with other kinds of procedures
including laughing and sleeping gas. However, this doesn’t take away
from the importance that it has on our society.

5. Printing Press

Before the printing press was invented way back in 1439,
books were all actually hand-written believe it or not. A lot of people find
this hard to conceive since most of us were born and immediately presented with
typewriters and computers. The truth is that the printing press changed the way
that people exchanged ideas and information forever. It has allowed for the
rapid spread of intellectual information and because of this, we get to
experience a higher degree of technology than ever before.

4. Plumbing

Experts like to give credit to the Romans for the
development of plumbing, but most people can agree that
it didn’t really become that popular until the 20th century. These
days, plumbing has becoming such an ingrained part of most people’s
lives that we no longer even think about it. Think about this: before modern
plumbing, people would use outhouses without toilets and often bath in streams.
It is a good thing that we have modern plumbing as well considering that there
are nearly seven billion people on the planet.

3. Tools

In general, tools have been a very important for us as a
society. They have allowed us to build things as well as repair
them. They’ve allowed us to take our imaginations and transform them
into physical objects. Think about it like this: without tools, all of the
other technology that you see today would not be around. Tools have allowed
human beings to build things from scratch and without them we would be just as
clumsy and slow as animals.

2. Cooking

While it may be tempting to conclude that fire was the
greatest invention by human, the truth is that fire wasn’t something
“created” by humans. However, we can use fire to cook things and because of
this, the invention of cooking has made its way onto the number two spot of
this list. Probably the most important use of cooking is that it allowed us to
sterilize our foods during times when modern technology was not available.
People have been cooking for millions and millions of years and it has become a
prominent snippet in our evolutionary process.

1. Language

That’s right: language is the greatest invention ever
created by humans. Yes this is an invention because humans created it in order
to communicate thoughts and emotions to one another. Our ability to communicate
is a reason that we even have a list of technological advancements in the first
place. While all animals communicate with one another in some form or another,
none of them do so as intricately and as effectively as we do. Nobody knows
exactly how old “true” language is, but one thing can be said for certain: it
is the greatest invention ever created by humans.